An Oct. 17 posting on Crew-Center.com reports, “a crew member working onboard Celebrity Reflection went overboard last night (Oct. 16) while the cruise ship was sailing from Mykonos to Rhodes, Greece.”
The overboard incident was also reported by Cruise Law News. Initial reports seem to have been shared on Twitter as well, like the tweets below:
The Celebrity Reflection cruise ship has returned to look for a crew member who went overboard last night. Waiting for coast guard. All ships in area searching sea. Sad. #manoverboard #celebrity
— Janis Cooley Leonard (@leonardjan) October 17, 2018
The Celebrity Reflection cruise ship has returned to look for a crew member who went overboard last night. Waiting for coast guard. All ships in area searching sea. Sad. #manoverboard #celebrity
— Janis Cooley Leonard (@leonardjan) October 17, 2018
Per a report here, the missing crew member was a male, 36 year old Ukranian. The captain of the vessel did turn the ship around and initiated a search and rescue operation, but the man was not found. The Greek Coast Guard also participated in the rescue operation as well as other ships within the area.